Cromer Faces Tough Opponent in Indiana Primary Battle
Star Correspondent reports in Anderson Indiana that George W. Cromer of Muncie and Horace Stilwell of Anderson lead a heated push for the Republican nomination in the Eighth district. Cromer’s machine wanes amid Delaware Madison county tensions, while Stilwell and allies mobilize to topple him by convention or primary, with district figures predicting shifts in Jay, Randolph, Wells, and Madison counties.
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Star
Anderson
Ind
George W. Cromer
Muncie
Horace Buiweil
Congress
Republican
Morey M. Dunlap
Cromer
Horace Stilwell
Morey Dunlap
Delaware
Madison
Charles Kimbrough
Bert Needham
Kimbrough
Needham
Madison County
George Parker
Parker
Lilly
George Lilly
Organisain Cromer
Dunlap
Jay
Wells
Adams
Omer
Dun
Randolph
Stilwell
Sromer
Aline Pierce Dies at 101 in Aukee Community
Ale mira Pierce aged 101 longtime resident and daughter of the American Revolution era. She was the oldest member of the Women's Relief Corps United States and died yesterday following a brief illness in Aukee.
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Almira Pierce
Pe Jichae Press
Aseotistion
Aukee
Wig
Alemira Pierce
Women's Heliet Corps
United States
Boxing Club Proposal Sparks NYC Controversy
Rumor in sporting circles says a new boxing club plans 20 round bouts in New York with no door charge to avoid police interference. Initiation fee would be $30, membership limited to 200, dust set at $4 monthly in two payments, due on contest day.
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Scotpge-Mefine Preas Association
New York
Dec. M
Siblings tragedy ends in murder attempt and suicide in New York
Caesar Toreginni attempted to kill his sister Marie Toreginni to prevent her marriage to a man her parents opposed. He leaped from a third story window after stabbing at her bedside in Harlem, dying from a fractured skull. Marie survived at Harlem Hospital. The couple’s romance began in Genoa, Italy, with parental opposition fueling the tragedy.
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Scripps McRee
Ie Gitt
Genoa
Italy
Cavour
America
Caesar
Indiana Governor to hear case against death penalty
Grant county figure Gus 3 Con 40 presses abolition of capital punishment in Indiana. He reports a long talk with Governor J Frank Hanly, who may oppose the death penalty in a forthcoming message. Condo plans return to the legislature and seek speakership while Ja again pushes abolition with executive backing hoped.
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Grant County
Indiana
J. Frank Hanly
General Assembly
Condo
Ti Ja
Graft in Homes Jerome to Probe Officers
Testimony before the Joint Legislative Investigating Committee shows officers of major city insurance firms allegedly charged thousands in house furnishings to policyholders. Rugs and furnishings were billed to company cashiers and sent to executives homes, with some items never appearing at company offices. Investigators pursue rug purchases, salaries diverting funds, and private residence deliveries amid vendor records gaps.
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York
Joint
Legislative Investigating Committee
Vita
Geetal
Bi Insurance
Stp Wes
Ife
Truth on the Mutual Life inquiry and tied New York firms
The probe targets Andrew C. Hiejde head of Mutual Life supply, and Thomas A. Jordat of New York Life, who may not return. Records of petty accounts are destroyed yearly, revealing only aggregate ledger figures. District Attorney Jerome will deepen the loan account inquiry tied to Hanover bank furnishings. Thousands of tons of coal bought by life companies may be shipped to officers’ homes. Tom Cleary of Equitable Life, a former Tammany alderman, is in charge of building supplies and may face scrutiny for discrepancies between needs and purchases. An executive committee adjournment Saturday signals intensified, possibly sensational disclosures.
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Andrew C. Hiejde
Mutual Life Theurare Company
Abnene’s
Thomas A. Jordat
New York Life Insurance Company
New York
New York Life
Jerome
Hanover Bank
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Tom Cleary
Tammany
Jake Sharp
Cleary
Equitable
Font Executive Committee
Two Girls Drowned in Allegheny River Entry
In Keenanington Pennsylvania on a December day, Mary Friend and Mina Cecelia Koesler, both of Arnold suburb, drowned when their boat entered a stream feeding the Allegheny River. Male companions attempted to rescue them but failed.
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Scripps-MePise Preea Association
New Keenaington
Mery Friend
Mina Cecelia Koesler
Arnold
Allegheny
Medal of Honor Awarded for Heroic Train Rescue in Nebraska
The Medal of Honor goes to George Porll of Grant Island Nebraska for saving a child, Paul Ussury, from being crushed by a Grand land train. Porll leapt onto the locomotive, pulled the child to safety, but was dragged 139 feet and suffered torn leg injuries. County officials praise Poclls heroic act as a landmark display of courage amid a Republican county’s Democratic victory.
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Preas
Anpocailom
Grant Island
Neb
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lin Kts Betal
Paul Ussury
Te City
Traln
Barnes
Focil
Cnaht
Sirefaun
Nini
County Superintendents Meet Indiana Teachers Association
County leaders gather for annual joint meeting with Indiana State Teachers Association. Program includes opening exercises, departmental talks, and discussions on the teacher’s worth, tenure, education for farming, and county superintendent duties across Vermilion Franklin Clinton Rush Boone Porter Johnson Wayne Perry Parke Starke Huntington counties with deputy and regional officials.
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Inscaunty
Reifer
Hranklin County
Vlow
Seed
B. Robey
Howard County
Wilkey
Fountain County
Fehoal
Sdumes
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Madison
W. Blone
Owen Noms
Strop
Lawrence County
Lawrence County. “the Tenure of the Teacher'a Post- Hon" Iestee
Clinton County
Worner Dilworth
Steuben
Hexdtes
Rush County
Yee Ee aTevin
Brandyberg
Adams County
Gultion
Boone County
Oscar Thomas
Putnam County
Chas. W. Paris
Randolph County
G. Bunnell
LaPorte County
Lawrence McTurnan
Schoo
Charles W. Jordan
Wayne County
H & Mnaeby
Perry County
B Ferrell
Porter County
Jesse C. Webbs
Johnson County
Beale
Crawford County
KE. McParland
Martin County
Jesse M. Neet
Parke
Bevretare
Walter Dunn
Starke County
Treasure Latear Vertereh Dy Rhidets
Huntington County
Fiance Rebuked Him In Suicide at Philadelphia Home
Edward C. Wetherill, II, scion of the Wetherill family and connected with Wetherill & Co., shot himself after receiving a letter rebuking him for missing an appointment. He died at Pennsylvania Hospital after a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. His mother had died by suicide a decade earlier in a similar fashion. The letter was found by a woman near Eleventh and Spruce streets.
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Bscrippe-Mcrae Tress Association
Philadelpiua
Hle Lance
Edward C. Wetherill
Charles C. Wetheril
Phitudelphia
Wetherit & Co
Ms Apartments
Bprocesi
Pennsylvania Hospital
Werhorn
Suleide
Wether Mi
Jealous Husband Attacks Wife Then Ends Own Life
In Wheeling West Virginia Ashley Witla a Black man in a jealous rage beat his wife with an ex husband and then tried to kill himself with a rag or when police moved in on Use Street police report.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ashley Witla
Cuticura Cures Baby Eczema Says Wisconsin Mother
Mrs Lottie Verage of Onawick Rhinelander Wisconsin reports her three month old baby’s head and face broke out with eczema. After trying several medicines Cuticura produced immediate improvement and complete healing. A neighbor’s child also improved after using Cuticura. May 21 1905.
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Lottie Verage
Onawick
Rhinelander
Wis
TWO HILLED IN COLLISION INDIANA PRESS REPORT
Two men were killed and three others seriously injured when a freight train crashed into a late passenger train on the Alabama and Vicksburg railroad near Chunky Mississippi. Engineer Tucker and fireman on the freight train survived with severe injuries while a tramp named Kenovhy died.
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Scetowe-McReec Prees Association
Meridian
Misu
Alabama & Vicksburg
Chunkey
Inna
Tucker
Decker
Reacuers
Wan Kenovhy
Knox May Be Leader in Pennsylvania Republican Fight
Special from Washington notes Pennsylvania Republican leaders holding conferences on future power structure. Senator Philip C Knox is seen as best qualified to unite factions with Roosevelt backing. Ernest F Acheson is a prominent governor candidate, viewed as not tied to the old Quay machine amid party realignment.
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Sam Washington
Congress Republicatn
Pennsylvania
Philander C. Knox
Roosevelt
Knox
Pitsburg
Fire ruins Exchange W Hotel in Unntown disaster
Berlope-McRae Brean Association reports a morning blaze at the Exchange W hotel in Unntown Pa. The interior and furnishings were destroyed with damage over 10000. Insurance coverage estimated at about 401. Guests and staff escaped in minimal clothing with possessions lost.
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Berlope-McRae Brean Association
Unwntown
Exchange W
Cured of Pimples Promises from Covington Reader
A 1905 testimonial from Wm H Brown of Covington declares Cuticura cured his pimples and red sores after trying many blood and complexion remedies. He urges others to give it a fair trial and signs the notice dated May 22 1905.
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Wm. H. Brown
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Praise by Sadie Bosan
A 1905 testimonial from Sadie Bosan of Pikedt Shelbyville Indiana declares Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured her skin ailments after months of suffering. The signed note, dated May 7 1905, appears in the local newspaper as a consumer endorsement.
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Sadie Bosan
Pikedt
Shelbyville
Ind
Walsh Enterprise Pauses Indiana railroad work after bank crash
Following the Chicago banks’ collapse tied to John R. Walen, Walsh Enterprise orders an indefinite halt to the Indianapolis division of the Southern Indiana railroad. About 200 men idle, with last week spent on the Bel River bridge. most of the division graded, some workers shifted to the Chicago Southern. Banks turned over to trustees.
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John R. Walen
Chicago
Indianapolis
Southern Indiana Railroad
Bel River
Indianapole
Chicago Southern
Walsh
Terre Haute
Chicago Heights
Warehell
Hia
Romeantes
Nen
Ture
Trustees
Stage Struck by Train Kills Avon Bucketball Team Members
A stage fitted with Avon bucketball players and friends was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train near Freehold New Jersey early today. Two men were killed and a third seriously injured, likely to die. The bucketball team had performed at the operahouse the night before and was returning home when the accident occurred.
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Kerippa-McHine Presa Association
Freehold
N. J
Avon
Pardoned killers flee across states after life terms
Ohio Indiana case outlines Marvin Kuhns and Mareio Wohna, both life prisoners for murder, receiving pardons from Gov Yesterday with backing from prison officials and prominent citizens. Kuhns fled after a deputy was assaulted while escorting him to jail and a long pursuit ensued across Columbus Grove and Indiana.
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Mareio Wohna
Ohie
Indiana
Kubas
Patelck Merin
Alao
Board of Managers
Obio
Kahan
Ibis
Jorn Muttony
Kuhns
Exahire
Kukna
Town destroyed by fire in Tipton Oregon
Fire last night wiped out a large part of Tipton. The blaze began in a hotel and spread rapidly to nearby buildings. A yard fire raged amid heavy snowfall and most residents are homeless. Insurance was scarce and water was unavailable.
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Scrippe-MecRae Freep Association
Tipton
Ore
Fin Department
Grover
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